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I was trying to disable all .htaccess files on this site for Apache performance reasons (makes a server run faster) by moving rewrite rules etc… from .htaccess files to the Apache httpd.conf file. The attempt failed due to W3 Total Cache plugin Page Cache generated .htaccess files (hundreds of them), but I did manage to […]
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I’m working through an SEO Performance and Pagespeed Obsession, if this were a disease it would be called SEO Performance and Pagespeed Obsessive Disorder: SPPOD :-) I’ve already picked the low hanging performance fruit and have very good results on page speed tools like Lighthouse audits tools. The Lighthouse test for this sites home page […]
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I own around 100 domains and they all started out as http (unsecure) websites. Google now treats https (Note: the S of httpS = secure SSL connection) as a ranking factor and with so many domains it’s taken a while to update them from http to https and below I’ll explain why! I host my […]
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The title tag or to be more accurate the title element (it’s an HTML element, not a meta tag, but most webmasters think it’s a meta tag like the meta description tag) is what you see at the top of web browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox. If you are using Google Chrome or Firefox […]
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While doing SEO research regarding improving page speed I found myself on an article asking the question “Does a Dedicated Server Help with Increasing Site Speed?”. The obvious answer to this question is a big YES. What is a Dedicated Server? A dedicated server is server that’s dedicated to ONE owner, that one owner could […]
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The average time it takes to fully load a mobile landing page is 22 seconds, according to a new analysis(1). Yet 53% of visits are abandoned if a mobile site takes longer than three seconds to load(2). That’s a big problem. The above is the opening paragraph of Google’s Find Out How You Stack Up […]
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It’s been two months since Google announced it will be using using page speed in the mobile search engine ranking algorithm, giving webmasters 6 months to prepare. I have a very simple question for you. Are your Websites Ready for the Google Mobile Search Speed Update? It’s a simple question, but getting a site ready […]
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I’ve been on a bit of a pagespeed SEO pilgrimage recently trying to squeeze every last microsecond of improvements out of this website: I offer SEO Services and if I can’t make my own sites run fast on a slow mobile device, I shouldn’t be advising others (for money) on their websites. Been looking more […]
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